MySpace http://blog.myspace.com/lauriehalseanderson http://b6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01054/66/87/1054947866_m.jpg http://blog.myspace.com/lauriehalseanderson en-US Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:52:34 GMT http://myspace.com blog.myspace.com 60 101909374 Good Solstice, everyone!I feel like calling your main character Rudolph today. (Humor me.)Revision Tip #19Don’t make it too easy on Rudolph.Your story should not be a tale of the desires of... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=523035605 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=523035605 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:36:00 GMT Beware of echoes and doppelgängers!Maybe I am the only writer in the world who suffers from this bad habit. It makes me crazy. I do it in every blasted book, no matter how hard I try to be aware ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522808734 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522808734 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:20:00 GMT Sometimes people forget that I wrote PROM because it is not exactly a depressing book. In fact, it's pretty funny, if I do say so myself. (If I had dread, depression and death in all of my books, I wo... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522694328 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522694328 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:39:00 GMT Wonderful news of positive change from GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network)! After one year of their hard-hitting "Think Before You Speak" campaign, teens attitudes about anti-gay l... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522576166 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522576166 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:08:00 GMT Yesterday was.... let's not go into it.Today is here and that is all that matters.If you are still shopping for a winter holiday, read "Cheese and Crackers Never Changed Anyone's Life" and then finish... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522458491 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522458491 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:55:00 GMT My local paper ran an article yesterday about my reaction to the recent book challenges. The photographer who came up here to the Forest got a great shot of the magic window. (For the record, I jus... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522209000 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522209000 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:18:00 GMT Given how late it is right now, you might have already figured this one out.Revision Tip #13When revising, sometimes you just need to turn the blasted Internet off. As in all the way OFF. Because... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522146253 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=522146253 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:24:00 GMT Does your draft have dialog that goes on for pages? Feels like a screenplay more than a novel?You (or more accurately) your characters need some action: Verbs, my friends. You are in need of verbs.Ste... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521632273 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521632273 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:04:00 GMT Sorry for posting so late today. I just finished a fun Skype visit with 5th graders from Upton Elementary School in Upton, Wyoming. The kids had all read CHAINS and had oodles of questions about the b... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521522881 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521522881 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:50:00 GMT Characters who are important enough to interact with your main character regularly need to be multi-dimensional, not flat.What is a flat character?One that only has one set of attributes, who always ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521357335 http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101909374&blogId=521357335 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:00 GMT